Ben Baker
@benbaker.bsky.social
Writer. Podcaster. Splainer.
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Someone is apparently using my ID to scam people so please be wary. I am always wary.
Buy my pop culture books here: https://linktr.ee/BenBakerBooks
Someone is apparently using my ID to scam people so please be wary. I am always wary.
Reading through an old issue of Esquire from 1996 for research and...well...
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Reading through an old issue of Esquire from 1996 for research and...well...
Do you remember the big Richard Pryor / Michael Barrymore rivalry of the 1980s? Look-In does and somebody is not alwight at the back.
January 30, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Do you remember the big Richard Pryor / Michael Barrymore rivalry of the 1980s? Look-In does and somebody is not alwight at the back.
According to this piece from The Scotsman in May 1982 Lorimer and Clark were returning to their old name in Scotland and used coal still to fire their boilers. Tangential but could be something if you didnt have it already.
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 AM
According to this piece from The Scotsman in May 1982 Lorimer and Clark were returning to their old name in Scotland and used coal still to fire their boilers. Tangential but could be something if you didnt have it already.
Today's Middle-Aged Teenage Angst Zinc is all about early demos of familiar indie / alternative songs. Its a beaut and also means I get to use this image again for the promo.
This Friday morning, 11am on @noiseboxradio.com
This Friday morning, 11am on @noiseboxradio.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Today's Middle-Aged Teenage Angst Zinc is all about early demos of familiar indie / alternative songs. Its a beaut and also means I get to use this image again for the promo.
This Friday morning, 11am on @noiseboxradio.com
This Friday morning, 11am on @noiseboxradio.com
Thanks @mealygarage.bsky.social for putting together #XTCmusic over at @xtclisteningparty.bsky.social. Learned quite a bit and its always good to have an excuse to listen to a great album in full. Might have to catch them live...wait, what?
January 28, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Thanks @mealygarage.bsky.social for putting together #XTCmusic over at @xtclisteningparty.bsky.social. Learned quite a bit and its always good to have an excuse to listen to a great album in full. Might have to catch them live...wait, what?
Are you forgetting this classic? 🤣#XTCmusic
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Are you forgetting this classic? 🤣#XTCmusic
The start of that article is pretty much perfect start as you mean to go on material...
January 28, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The start of that article is pretty much perfect start as you mean to go on material...
Been digging through the newspaper archives for off the time stuff about "White Music". Earliest review I could find was in the Birmingham Mail, Saturday 21 January 1978 #XTCmusic
January 28, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Been digging through the newspaper archives for off the time stuff about "White Music". Earliest review I could find was in the Birmingham Mail, Saturday 21 January 1978 #XTCmusic
What would make a young person open their mouth for a foamy post-nosh swosh? Well...
January 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
What would make a young person open their mouth for a foamy post-nosh swosh? Well...
New curse unlocked. And maybe a kink too.
January 27, 2026 at 9:25 AM
New curse unlocked. And maybe a kink too.
Well Monday has already beaten me but there'll be a radio show at 8pm on noiseboxradio.com anyway because I think we might both benefit from the distraction.
January 26, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Well Monday has already beaten me but there'll be a radio show at 8pm on noiseboxradio.com anyway because I think we might both benefit from the distraction.
I also read it incorrectly and thought it was a hell of a claim to make.
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I also read it incorrectly and thought it was a hell of a claim to make.
Poems in kids comics were always an interesting experience. Here are two from Tammy in the late 70s.
January 24, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Poems in kids comics were always an interesting experience. Here are two from Tammy in the late 70s.
Christ, dont give F*rage any ideas.
January 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Christ, dont give F*rage any ideas.
Its good how the Thundercats could take time out of their busy fighting schedules to reply to children's missives.
January 23, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Its good how the Thundercats could take time out of their busy fighting schedules to reply to children's missives.
We were all doing The Snarf in Summer '89.
January 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM
We were all doing The Snarf in Summer '89.
Another hour of indie capers and alternative antics in "Middle-Aged Teenage Angst Zinc" at 11am on Friday morning. But actually good and not rubbish like that sounds.
noiseboxradio.com
noiseboxradio.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Another hour of indie capers and alternative antics in "Middle-Aged Teenage Angst Zinc" at 11am on Friday morning. But actually good and not rubbish like that sounds.
noiseboxradio.com
noiseboxradio.com
"Confessions of a Goofy Milkman" (1976, Disney, X)
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 AM
"Confessions of a Goofy Milkman" (1976, Disney, X)